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Cannot apply keymap to BGMI in TAC — 'game not installed' error (India)

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BGMI (Battlegrounds Mobile India — the India-specific variant of PUBG Mobile) is installed and runnable in TAC, but trying to apply a keymap via Smart Tool fails with the error "game not installed". Reported framing:

"i cant apply keymapping to bgmi it says game not installed"

Symptoms:

  • BGMI launches and plays fine when started directly.
  • Smart Tool's BGMI keymap option shows the game as "not installed" in its dropdown.
  • Default touch UI works in BGMI but you want PC-style keymap.

Root cause: BGMI uses a different package name (com.pubg.imobile) than the global PUBG Mobile (com.tencent.ig). Smart Tool's package-detection looks for the global PUBG package and doesn't auto-detect BGMI's India-specific package.

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solution #673

Install PUBG Mobile Global alongside BGMI to satisfy Smart Tool's detection, then apply BGMI manually. Workaround that works:

  1. In TAC, install PUBG Mobile Global from Play Store (or via APKPure if Play Store is blocked).
  2. Don't run PUBG Global — just leave it installed.
  3. Open Smart Tool → it now sees PUBG as installed.
  4. Apply Keymap (Smart Tool writes the keymap binding to the keymap database).
  5. Open BGMI directly (NOT via Smart Tool's Launch button).
  6. BGMI inherits the keymap because the binding logic doesn't actually validate which package is running — only that one PUBG-family package exists.
Jun 4, 2026
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solution #674

Manually copy keymap to BGMI's package directory. If installing PUBG Global isn't an option (storage / region restrictions):

  1. Apply a keymap via Smart Tool to any other PUBG variant first.
  2. In TAC's file manager, navigate to /Android/data/com.tencent.ig/ (where the keymap landed).
  3. Find the keymap configuration file (usually a .txt or .xml).
  4. Copy that file to /Android/data/com.pubg.imobile/ (BGMI's package).
  5. Restart BGMI — it picks up the keymap.
Jun 4, 2026
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solution #675

Get a BGMI-specific keymap from the community. If neither workaround works for your config, ask in #en-support-pubg-mobile for a BGMI-specific keymap file. Indian community members maintain BGMI-targeted keymap variants that bind directly to com.pubg.imobile.

Jun 4, 2026
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